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PIE PLATE LIPTER. No. 387,731. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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PIE-PLATE LIFTER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,731, dated August14, 1888.

Application filed March 26, 188B. Seria-l No. 268.549. (No inodel.)

1b @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Aires L. PoMERoY, a resident of Sand Lake,in thecounty of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Pie- Plate Lii'ters; and l do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention,that will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichforni a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in pieplate litters; and itconsists of the novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed ont in the claim.

Figure 1 is a bottoni plan view of my iniproved device. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of same. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of one of theoperating-levers detached and placed bottoni side up. Fig. 4 representsa vertical crosssect-ion taken at the broken line in Figs. l and Themain objectofniy invention is to cheaply construct a strong and durablelifter.

I make use of a rigid supportingiraine of cast metal, having pivotedthereon two levers of cast metal, by which levers the wire lifteraruisare guided and operated. The supporting-frame is made up of the handle Aand bracketarni A, riveted upon the lower side ofthe handle. Each of theoperating-levers is provided at one end with a handle, B2, at theopposite end with supporting-guides B3 and B* for the wire arnis C C,and centrally of its length with a spiral spring-supporting hub, Thelevers are pivotally secured to the traine by pins A?, which passthrough thel inner end ofthe handle, a central perforation in the hubs,and through the bracket-arm. The lifterarins, made in any well-knownform of wire, are bent to form near the inner end of each a coil-spring,S. A lifter-arm is then secured to each of the operating-levers byinserting the wire beneath the hook-guide B4, bending it around betweenthe guides B3, as shown in Fig. 1, and then slipping the coil formingthe spring on over the hub B5. The levers and arms so united are thensecured to the frame by slipping the end S of the Wire which projectsbackward from each of the coils into an eye, A, two of which areprovided on the bracket-arm, and then inserting and securing in placethe pins A?. The resilient force of the coil-springs tends to keep thelifter-arnis together, as shown in Fig. l. By pressing upon the handlesB2 sufiiciently to overcome this force of the springs the arms can beopened and spread sufficiently to receive a plate or other culinaryutensil. When the plate is embraced by the arms, it will be retainedtherein it' pressure is removed from the handles, or released therefromif sufficient pressure is applied to the handles to spread the arms.

It will be observed thatthe hubs keep the springs in shape andmaterially' strengthen their resilient force, that the cast-nietal framecan be easily and cheaply made, and that the Whole device is a durableand convenient ini4 plementl for handling heated plates or otherculinary utensils.

W'hat I claini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a pie-plate lifter, the combination, with a pair of lifter-arnisprovided with coiled wire springs, of a supportinglfraine provided with.Wire-receivin@ eyes and a pair of levers provided at one end with armsupporting guides, at the opposite end with operating-handles, andinterni ediately with coil-supporting hubs, through which the levers arepivoied to the supporting-frame, substantially as described. Intestimony whereoi'l have hereunto setiny hand this 2Mb day of March,1888.

AMOS L. POMEl-OY. YVitnesses:

GEO. A. MosHEn, W. H. HoLLTsTEn., Jr.

